Senate unanimously agrees to send bill demanding Epstein file release to Trump's desk
No Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to force a vote on a resolution that would compel the release of documents and files related to Jeffrey Epstein.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,...
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No Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to force a vote on a resolution that would compel the release of documents and files related to Jeffrey Epstein . Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., made good on his vow to force a vote on the resolution just hours after it passed through the House behind a near unanimous wave of support. Schumer argued on the floor that the Senate "should pass this bill as soon as possible, as written and without a hint of delay." "Republicans must not try to change this bill or bury it in committee, or slow walk it in any way," he said. "Any amendment to this bill would force it back to the House and risk further delay. Who knows what would happen over there?" HOUSE VOTES OVERWHELMINGLY TO FORCE DOJ TO RELEASE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES Now, as soon as the House transfers the bill to the Senate, it will go straight to President Donald Trump's desk for his signature. The resolution from Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., would require that the Department of Justice (DOJ) release all unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials "publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format" related to the late financier and convicted pedophile and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell within 30 days of the bill being signed into law. The Epstein fervor has not had near the impact in the Senate as the House, which was thrust into chaos by the bipartisan push to see the release of the files. Earlier this year, House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La., put the House into recess to quell the Epstein drama and has since been accused of running from a vote on the issue. KHANNA, MASSIE, GREENE URGE SENATE TO PASS EPSTEIN BILL UNCHANGED, WARN OF ‘RECKONING’ Senate Majority Leader John Thune , R-S.D., said that Republicans were already mulling the bill through the hotline process, which is where legislation is considered among lawmakers before making it to the floor. Thune said the plan, if the bill clears th…